Coronavirus Claims First Life In Ghana

Deputy Health Minister, Alex Abban who confirmed the death said “The information I got from the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service is that that person [the Lebanese man] has died. He died today.”

The Ghana Health Ministry had on Thursday announced that a 61-year-old Lebanese male trader and resident in Kumasi was unwell and reported to a health facility with fever (temp 39.4 degrees Celcius), and cough. The sample tested positive for COVID-19.His case is the 11th in the country.